Fabindia hires Viney Singh as director and CEO

Fabindia said it has appointed Viney Singh as its director and CEO. Singh who was previously managing director of Max Hypermarkets India will take charge from August 1.Singh who joined Max Hypermarkets in 2006 was responsible for building the SPAR brand in India.

Prior to this, he was part of the start-up and leadership team as CEO of Reliance Communications, for their Karnataka and Kerala circles. He has also worked in the food, personal care and home care businesses of Hindustan Unilever for several years. He will succeed Subrata Datta who was the CEO since 2013.

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The two e-commerce firms typically hold annual festive season sales ahead of Dussehra and Diwali, which are due this year in October, when Indians make big ticket purchases such as cars and gold jewellery